In order to maintain their anonymity and prevent them from being able to testify against each other if they're caught, they have color code names. Like in "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" and "Reservoir Dogs."

Incidentally, note that Dr. Pink and Dr. Orange have their right hands on top, and the other three have their left hands on top. I think it's a secret code. Like Paul's bare feet on the cover of "Abbey Road."

Recent telephone calls from a dermatologist I visited half a year ago, combined with the mailed notices from my insurance company and some simple arithmetic, have caused me to conclude that my insurance pays out less than it costs my doctor's office to get them to pay anything at all, and that my doctor would have come out ahead but kept my cost the same if she had given me a 30% discount in exchange for not using my insurance.

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